I am probably the biggest Alan Wake fan on earth and I hate this stupid discussion about the graphics. The game offers so much more than just graphics. Sure it looks great, but Alan Wake seems to be much more than eye candy. The story, the atmosphere, the awesome idea behind this game etc etc. It seems like people are so focused on the graphics that they forget that this an awesome game as well.

I don't want this game to be limited to the visuals. Enjoy the game as a whole.

I think so voted yes. even if it isn't i am counting on the story it looks very exciting i ussaully try to prolong games but i dont think i will be able to wait at a cliffhanger in this gmae probably finish it first time with little manuscripts and then restart and find all manuscripts and then play again with dub and after playing on every dub i mess around and try shooting alice in the face if possible and barry.

when it comes to graphics it doesnt impress me, not today , tomorrow or even when this miserable planet is about to end. however when iam impress is how the open world is design thats that.

Hell to the no!  It looks nice, but It's gonna take a hell of a game to beat GOWIII in that department.  Also there's HR and FFXIII. 

I doubt GOWIII will be topped graphicaly untill Crysis 2 or GT5 (but it's hard to compare a racing game to other genres graphicaly)

Clearly visible polygons on characters = bad graphics.

I can't remember the last current generation game where I looked at screenshots and polygons on characters stuck out more than Naked Snake wearing fire camo in a forested area.

It's a very good looking game. I think I'd need to see more footage to decide.

I think the animations and character models in other games look better, but then the environments in AW are very impressive. Could be a toss up of what you prefer at the end.

We've seen only a dozen or so videos at the moment, all of which contain a few small moments of genuinely impressive visuals. If the whole game looks as good, and has more of those moments, without major problems such as screen tearing etc. It may well be a contender.

There's just no way the graphics will be better than Shadow of the Colossus!

No. Way.

Period

if they ever did that, then that will be the day we are able to turn water to wine

Bad thread considering the last one that got derailed to this.


Alan wake isn't near the best graphics, but it hides many flaws well, such as lots of polys covered with nice texture and all the attention to detail built into textures rather than actual models. Things all seem a bit stiff as well compared to many new games.

Personally I think even Batman: AA, FFXIII and MW2 still trump Alan Wake from the videos I've seen so far.

I think that there are already enough threads about AW's graphics.
However I voted no because, albeit the visual set-up is creepy and quite good, I don't like some technical choices:
1) quite low rendering resolution
2) stiff animations
3) 2d grass (2d grass requires some work to look good)